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and the anti-morsi protesters away from each other. last flight we saw thousands of pro-morsi supporters camp outside of the presidential palace, that is after they went there and removed, by force, the anti-morsi protesters. but now we have a small -- protests are planned for today against morsi and their plan to defe descend, again, on the presidential palace. >> a direct constitution has been approved and egyptians are scheduled to vote on it next week. is there something in this proposal that has protesters so angry? >> reporter: well, a lot of protesters are angry at the quickness that this draft constitution was first put forward. it was really rushed through. in a 48-hour time period we saw that. that was in response to president morsi's constitutional decrees. he said once a constitution is approved, the powers that he took, he would no longer have those. they were eager to rush through the constitutional draft but a lot of the people here, moderates, liberals, christians, say that they don't protect the right of the minorities
and the anti-morsi protesters away from each other. last flight we saw thousands of pro-morsi supporters camp outside of the presidential palace, that is after they went there and removed, by force, the anti-morsi protesters. but now we have a small -- protests are planned for today against morsi and their plan to defe descend, again, on the presidential palace. >> a direct constitution has been approved and egyptians are scheduled to vote on it next week. is there something in this...
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what the morsi crowd wants to do, and you had morsi's national security adviser on your show last night, wolf. what they hope to do is to have a fair vote in a few weeks, have a new constitution, which they claim represents egypt broadly, and then repeal this decree and elect a new parliament and move along with a democracy. sounds good except that a whole bunch of people feel disenfranchised by the way they're doing it. >> you talk about ha dad. he was on the show, a national security adviser to morsi. you met with him. you know him. particularly, he sounds pretty reasonable. then when i asked him about the $1.3 billion a year in military aid the u.s. provides egypt, hundreds of millions of dollars in economic assistance the u.s. provides egypt, he said this. listen. >> i think u.s. assistance to egypt is more important for united states more than it is important for egypt. >> he thinks it's more important for the u.s. to give $1.5 billion a year, and it's better for the u.s. than it is for egypt even though egypt is the recipient. you understand that kind of logic? >> i think foreign
what the morsi crowd wants to do, and you had morsi's national security adviser on your show last night, wolf. what they hope to do is to have a fair vote in a few weeks, have a new constitution, which they claim represents egypt broadly, and then repeal this decree and elect a new parliament and move along with a democracy. sounds good except that a whole bunch of people feel disenfranchised by the way they're doing it. >> you talk about ha dad. he was on the show, a national security...
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later in the day, president morsi is scheduled to address the nation. we're not sure what he's going to say, but this is a president that's under tremendous pressure to calm things down and unite this country, that at this point, is divided. based on what the opposition is saying, based on what their position is, anything short of the president saying that he's going to annul this constitution, this draft constitution, and start the process over, anything short of that, is not going to satisfy the opposition. opposition leaders came out and made that demand yesterday. in the meantime, opposition factions applying the pressure on the president. last night, of course, you had these ugly clashes. more than 400 people injured in front of the palace, where you had literally a brawl between these two sides. the supporters of the president, the muslim brotherhood, the islamists, and on the other side, the opposition factions. the liberals, the moderates. in many ways, this is a fight for egypt's identity. both sides want their vision to be the future of egypt
later in the day, president morsi is scheduled to address the nation. we're not sure what he's going to say, but this is a president that's under tremendous pressure to calm things down and unite this country, that at this point, is divided. based on what the opposition is saying, based on what their position is, anything short of the president saying that he's going to annul this constitution, this draft constitution, and start the process over, anything short of that, is not going to satisfy...
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the latest spiral of violence after morsi's sweeping power grab. supporters of the muslim brotherhood who back president morsi clashing with opponents saying he made himself a dictator. reza sayah in cairo, the president not spoken. when he does, what might he say? >> reporter: well, nobody really knows what he's going to say other than members of his inner circle, but certainly, there's a lot of pressure on president morsi to calm down this conflict that's been escalating over a few days, especially the last night. we've eagerly waiting for him to speak, but he hasn't spoken yet. we're not quite sure what the delay is. initially, word was that at 6:00 p.m. local time, three and a half hours ago, he was going to deliver his speech and then reports came that this was going to be a taped speech. taped the address. dlifed it to state media and aired very soon. that was about an hour and a half ago. we're still waiting. meantime, opposition, critics of the president 0 steadily gathering out here in front of the presidential palace. about 4,000 of them,
the latest spiral of violence after morsi's sweeping power grab. supporters of the muslim brotherhood who back president morsi clashing with opponents saying he made himself a dictator. reza sayah in cairo, the president not spoken. when he does, what might he say? >> reporter: well, nobody really knows what he's going to say other than members of his inner circle, but certainly, there's a lot of pressure on president morsi to calm down this conflict that's been escalating over a few...
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i think this was a bad sign for morsi. but i wouldn't make too much of it. >> quick question on this, larry. the arab spring promised so much. >> right. >> how are you feeling about it now? >> that's tragedy. i was in favor of the arab spring. this whole morsi story, this guy appears not to be a democrat, small "d." he appears to have dictatorial instincts. egypt was a secular muslim country. say what you will about mubarak. this guy seems to be moving back towards jihadist, religious, far out notions of the muslim brotherhood. i think it's no good. they're coming to tear the palace down, he's running out the back door. what does that tell you? >> not good. >> it tells me it doesn't have much potential. >> it's dysfunctional. they have to sort it out. >>> that leads me to a commercial break. we'll talk about our own dysfunctional people in washington, d.c., in this fiscal cliff. [ man ] in hong kong, on my way to the board meeting... anne's tablet called my phone. anne's tablet was chatting with a tablet in sydney... a des
i think this was a bad sign for morsi. but i wouldn't make too much of it. >> quick question on this, larry. the arab spring promised so much. >> right. >> how are you feeling about it now? >> that's tragedy. i was in favor of the arab spring. this whole morsi story, this guy appears not to be a democrat, small "d." he appears to have dictatorial instincts. egypt was a secular muslim country. say what you will about mubarak. this guy seems to be moving back...
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president morsi said a few hours ago he is going to address the egyptian people. he has not yet, but when that happens, we're going to bring that to you live. >>> nerve agents locked and loaded ready to be used against a syrian people. now, that scenario now a reality. that is according to nbc news. now, it says that syria's military has loaded the component chemicals for the deadly nerve gas into aerial bombs that could be dropped from their fighter jets. i want to bring in paula gorani about this because you have a different take on this. i know there's a lot of breath held. you say that they're not necessarily on that path. >> i believe that there's analysis that is very critical that the assad regime is not getting ready to use chemical weapons in syria, and here's why. because the question we're asking is how real is the threat? not just for syrians, but for the region, because once you start using chemical weapons, loaded in warheads, you are looking at death tolls in the thousands, possibly in the tens of thousands also threatening neighboring countries. sy
president morsi said a few hours ago he is going to address the egyptian people. he has not yet, but when that happens, we're going to bring that to you live. >>> nerve agents locked and loaded ready to be used against a syrian people. now, that scenario now a reality. that is according to nbc news. now, it says that syria's military has loaded the component chemicals for the deadly nerve gas into aerial bombs that could be dropped from their fighter jets. i want to bring in paula...
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morsi didn't back away from the edict he issued last month. he stood by the up coming constitutional referendum. protestors in tahrir square chanted leave, leave as he spoke. >>> john mack aafee was rushed to a guatemalan hospital today with heart problems hours after they rejected his bid for asylum there. mcaafee's lawyer will fight his extradition to belize. >>> apple will start making a computer in the u.s. next year. it's part of the effort to boost the u.s. unemployment rate. for years apple faced criticism for working conditions at its supply factories in china. >>> mom-to-be katherine dush chet of cambridge left the hotel where she was treated for acute morning sickness. her husband escorted her to a waiting car. the palace has yet to announce a due date for the new royal who will be next in line to the throne after dad. >>> president obama and his family celebrated the annual christmas tree lighting near the white house tonight. the president said the first lady told him to make his remarks brief because she wanted to hear music. ♪
morsi didn't back away from the edict he issued last month. he stood by the up coming constitutional referendum. protestors in tahrir square chanted leave, leave as he spoke. >>> john mack aafee was rushed to a guatemalan hospital today with heart problems hours after they rejected his bid for asylum there. mcaafee's lawyer will fight his extradition to belize. >>> apple will start making a computer in the u.s. next year. it's part of the effort to boost the u.s. unemployment...
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. >> opponents of egyptian president mohamed morsi are not letting up. they're calling for nationwide protests after morsi refused to set a date. he gave himself sweeping parties and wasn't enough to appease his critics. >> packers quarterback aaron rodgers running for a 27-yard touchdown. yeah, that's the longest in his career. green bay's 27-20 victory over detroit. packers now have an nfl record 22-game winning streak at home against the lions and can clinch the nfc north next weekend. but that would require a win over chicago. it's hanukkah time. that's what they did in washington sunday. the national hanukkah menorah was illuminated during a ceremony outside the white house. it stands adjacent to the white house christmas tree. as he's done for 20 years, the rabbi presided over that ceremony. 20 years. that is quite a streak. >> very nice. thank you. >>> 49 minutes past the hour. people waking up in minnesota right now have a little work to do, i would say so. there is as much as 17 inches of snow waiting to be shoveled outside. in some parts of the
. >> opponents of egyptian president mohamed morsi are not letting up. they're calling for nationwide protests after morsi refused to set a date. he gave himself sweeping parties and wasn't enough to appease his critics. >> packers quarterback aaron rodgers running for a 27-yard touchdown. yeah, that's the longest in his career. green bay's 27-20 victory over detroit. packers now have an nfl record 22-game winning streak at home against the lions and can clinch the nfc north next...
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in a televised speech, morsi stood by the upcoming constitutional referendum. protesters in tahrir square chanted levenberg as he spoke. >> software creator john mcafe, was rushed to a gat mauatemalan hospital today with heart problems according to his attorney. it was hours after being rejected for asylum there. the lawyer says he'll fight the extradition to belize where they want to question him about his neighbor's murder. >>> apple will start making a computer in the u.s. next year. ceo tim cook tells business week that the move is part of an effort to boost the u.s. unemployment. apple has faced criticisms for working conditions in china. >> and mom to be, katherine, duchess of cambridge, has left the hospital where she was treated for acute morning sickness. her husband prince william escorted her to a waiting car. the palace has yet to announce a due date for the new royal who will be next in line to the throne after dad. >>> and president obama and his family celebrated the annual christmas tree lighting. the first lady told him to make his remarks brie
in a televised speech, morsi stood by the upcoming constitutional referendum. protesters in tahrir square chanted levenberg as he spoke. >> software creator john mcafe, was rushed to a gat mauatemalan hospital today with heart problems according to his attorney. it was hours after being rejected for asylum there. the lawyer says he'll fight the extradition to belize where they want to question him about his neighbor's murder. >>> apple will start making a computer in the u.s....
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president morsi's chief of staff blames the uprising on a small but powerful group of business and media elites. he tells cnn that the vote the on the country's constitution will not be held up. >> the question of delays the vote for the constitution is it not possible. if the people in the streets believe they command the majority, why don't they go and say no? >> they don't necessarily believe they command the majority. they don't like the process by which this constitution was drafted. >> in any democracy there is a rule, the rule of majority. >> opponents say that the proposed constitution was just slapped together in one day, and over the weekend morsi did strike down part of this decree that gave him basically unchecked powers. >>> a navy s.e.a.l. loses his life during a daring rescue now. he was part of the same elite unit that took place in the raid that killed osama bin laden. we have more from the pentagon just in a moment. i feel so alone. but you're not alone. i knew you'd come. like i could stay away. you know i can't do this without you. you'll never have to. you're always
president morsi's chief of staff blames the uprising on a small but powerful group of business and media elites. he tells cnn that the vote the on the country's constitution will not be held up. >> the question of delays the vote for the constitution is it not possible. if the people in the streets believe they command the majority, why don't they go and say no? >> they don't necessarily believe they command the majority. they don't like the process by which this constitution was...
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the unrest centers around mohamed morsi's decree, giving him immunity. smoking a joint is now legal in washington state. at midnight, pot users celebrated as the voter approved initiative went into effect. possessing an ounce of marijuana is a-okay. growing and selling the drug is not. plus it's against federal law. >>> popularity of gangnam style knows no limits. ♪ gangnam style >> 81-year-old former wyoming senator simpson doing the gangnam style dance. we wanted to compare his version to the dance made famous by the north korean rapper. simpson's version is part of a new social campaign really. and his actions may seem a little silly, but he may be taking a page out of president obama's playbook. most recently the white house urged people to take to twitter and use the #my2k. in case you forgot the former senator is one half of the simpson bowles duo appointed by president obama who actually came up with a plan to cut the deficit, a plan that everyone hailed as magnificent but no one wanted to adopt. >>> joining me now is cnn contributor will cain.
the unrest centers around mohamed morsi's decree, giving him immunity. smoking a joint is now legal in washington state. at midnight, pot users celebrated as the voter approved initiative went into effect. possessing an ounce of marijuana is a-okay. growing and selling the drug is not. plus it's against federal law. >>> popularity of gangnam style knows no limits. ♪ gangnam style >> 81-year-old former wyoming senator simpson doing the gangnam style dance. we wanted to compare...